Frithjof Schuon Archive

Auctoritas — teaching authority countsOnly in pure metaphysics, not in cosmology,Which is always fluctuating;Shankara is an infallible shieldOnly when he speaks as a master of Advaita —And not on the basis of the Sânkhya theory,Which only has to do with the...

In my childhood, I was obliged to dissimulate;The adult world did not understand me. Why?Because I bore within myself the kernel of wisdom —And this was vexing to others.It was not wanted; so I feigned dullness,And it made me ill. But Truth must always conquer —What...

If one does not recognize the work of a sage,It is firstly because one hates the Truth;And then because of jealousy: the value of a great SpiritIs a burden for small-minded, ambitious spirits.Not everyone who brings the Truth is great;Great is the True that his spirit...

Intelligence and will-power, humility and goodness —These are the God-willed values of man.And what of genius, it might be asked?Even the devil’s brother can be a genius.It is often said that some saints were naïve —But for many a man, it would have been betterHad he...